Bernardsville News from Bernardsville, New Jersey • Page 1

All the News of the Somerset Hills Covering Bedminster, Bernards Township, Bernards ville, Far Hills and Peapaok-Cladstone Till. HI RNARnsvilIi: NEWS, AUGUST 1963 TIN Itc Allots Funds Freeway Work Begin In Year Ill I l.l.TIN gj via is of conjee- and worry about 11 lii the Somerset appears that this get all its new high- rell in the giant $204.6 Story Hoax boys who claimed I and killed a 45-inch along the the Raritan North River lilted they shot it in Mountains of Penn- hc mother of one of yesterday. Wilbur Westervelt of told the Bernards- i her son, Thomas, and Utcn of Bernardsville the hoax as a trick i often walks with her the river in the area boys told her they had make, she said. of the two boys, their natic weapons and the eared on the front page fernardsville News July I Chief Vincent Kava- Bedmlnster Township (lad received numerous alarmed residents of after the picture ap- They were concerned apparent use of the ued on Page Five) million budget for fiscal 1963-B4 for the state highway program, announced yesterday, are expenditures for land purchasing and construction for routes 287 and 78 In the SomersCi Hills. Included is $22 million for land and construction for Interstate Route 287 (from Route 1, Edison, to the New York Thruway extension at Mahwah) from its present terminus in Pluckemin to North Maple avenue near the Morris-Somerset line at the Old Mill Inn.

The route traverses a section of Bedminster Township from Pluckemin, includes a northern strip of Far Hills Borough and crosses Mt. Airy road between Whitenack and Lake roads in Basking Ridge before reaching the county line behind the Olc Mill Inn. Interchanges are planned for Mt. Airy road and for the junc tion with North Maple avenut behind the inn as well as in Pluckemin with Route 78. Also contained is an allocation for $40 million for Interstate 78 (from Phillipsburg to Newark) for land and construction from Clinton Point, Hunterdon County to Springfield in Union County.

This would carry the highway through its entire Somerset County length from Bedminster near Whitehouse to Watchung, including Pluckemin, a portion of Bernards Township south of Liberty Corner, and a strip in Warren Township. An interchange is planned in Bernards Township south of Liberty Corner as well as in Pluckemin with Route 287. The alignment of Route 287 immediately north, in Morris County was approved last week Area Library Plan Cains: Bernards Votes Approval, Other Boards 1 orable AS.MI unanimously in principle the run tUtutlon for a rcftonaj braiy fur thr toatafati Hills It also approved, with urn Bernards Fire Company Stvks Money. Mm i dturaUnj member, Nt Wednetda) endowment voted to ap ilisaUan Cautious but laroraWe re- thr i ed acUon was uw In the this wrch tmm ihr ird MJ move lo -ary regionalize And both Ihr also were in effeet itateMbrarj mvnts ot intrutnif. with de- or rtlrt iiritee talk 10 be out Mti tlU Sl4 events develop etatwhtre, Bedmtastor VM Hilla library particularly tiwy devetop.Botrd iaM tmu though de- in ieraardsvttai kaiii uf reakmal library us Dafid Meeker meat- it would aftcrl thai area tier oj the Busking Ridge U- Were nol fully ipeetOed, iii.ny board commented that Ml that any action that principle you ean't be would give better to The against regkaaUaattoB tl'i al cheaper Hlir Mild Uiat the present To Know Law Public Records denied a look at in his municipal school superinten- tfice or court house hast should go back in.

state law that effect today, of government prsey must their records to and allow be copied. lly exceptions are re- Pat are specifically 'ted under other I or that are not re- law to be kept. An of the latter type i would be a work ph as councilmen use a budget. List Them of education or ming body may other records fetion. But to do so Pli' a notice of intent I secretary of state jUsn in a local news- of the papers the fn.v not view.

no governing boards in Hills have such notice, al- municipalities in other parts of the state have done so. Controversy has attended their action in most cases. In the past, disclosure policies have varied from municipality to municipality. There has never been much difficulty, for example, in seeing a board's or a council's minutes, but some municipalities have sealed or partially sealed such records as vital statistics and juvenile court actions. In addition, police blotters have generally been kept from the public, on grounds that reputations might be needlessly hurt or criminals alerted to pending investigations.

During Office Hours Police Chief Thomas J. Kenney of Bernardsville says the county prosecutor's office has assured him that an existing law permits police departments to keep their blotters secret even under the new statute. The new law says that, unless otherwise provided, "public records shall be (Continued on Pago Eight) fcr Is Fined As Drunk Crash Fatal To Three jA (Thursday, police officers 1 man 4ast Thurs-'testifind that after the crash ergusun tint he wai BASKING RliXiE Basking Hiiigc tire Company HIM a is out on call to raise othet wi money and manpower The ocmpaay began house-tn-hmiM' caQVSSS Mun day (or $10 000 tn lit amui.tl fund drive The drive is peeted lo be mi tomorrow At tin 1 Mime time, (be pany is seeking more voiun-j Deeplj teers to augment its present emphasised force of 47 men taskine. rUdfe board and me. The company announced Bemardsvllte Ubrarj John mlnite "braiy.

a lew old, was an lutrly monumental lUeeeM Ht thai the VuluMeeiv is Bodmln ster Reformed Church pro- pert) Mrs HUrr said she that th hf FACTS AND FIGURES Notes on the operation of the Basking Ridge and Bernardsville libraries, and possible for- that it plans to use the pro- luul WtU hi mation of a Somerset Hills regional library, are compared by John Ferguson (left), vice president of the Basking reeds of the fund drive llltM deeply Ridge Library Association, and Robert W. Locke, president of the Bernardsville Library Association. The Basking "meet the everim reusing Impressed rit Mrs of llM i4l room, retention or milter library Ridge board voted in favor of regionalization last week, (photo by Carmine) Please Don't Eat The Narcissus, Ivy, Rhododendron, Iris, Bittersweet, Holly When it comes to eating are poisoned by sampling wild plants, what you don't know can not only hurt you. It can kill you. This warning from the U.S.

Public Health Service and other health and medical authorities has been brought finger at such cUs- to local residents' attention via the Bornardsville Board of Health. According to information in the hands of Mrs. Edward Nibur, board president, narcissus, four o'clock, ivy, potato sprouts, rhododendron, iris, mock orange, bittersweet, foxglove, bluebonnets, dogwood, firethorn, monkshood and some holly, types of crocus and daffodil are only a few of the common wild flowers and plants that can bring on serious and even fatal Illness. "Taste Test" Symptoms akin to those in acute indigestion, encephali- epilepsy, meni i i appendicitus, tetanus, cholera orrhage or can cerebral hem- result from a nibble at various parts of these seemingly innocent lora, authorities warn. The warning is directed particularly at parents.

Dr. Paul V. Joliet, chief of accident prevention for the Public Health Service, says hat every summer children attractive greenery. specimens Youngsters particular are fond of of the "taste test," Dr. Joliet notes.

The Safety Greater Council New York recently astrous comestibles as the a potential menace. The American Medical Association cautions that the leaves of the plant, if eaten in too large a quantity or after Insufficient cooking, can cause convulsions and possible death. It is estimated that there had are more than 500 kinds of A jury last month ln themes'' ount men the wijtetla John Young, 34. was vine. The National (Steartog to consecutive tulip bulb, reported man, and the castor bean seed, one 10-cent package of which is said to contain enough poison to kill five children.

"Elephant ears," the council adds, contain a substance which can cause painful swelling of the mouth. Even common rhubarb is Lyons Payroll Robbers Draw Long Terms SOMERVILLE Somerset County Judge Leon Oerofsky last week Imposed 11X8 tences on two Newark men demand being made of company." Hlfh OT the LM of needs is on sucl by board," 8mtth of the Peapack-aiaditoae library 1 board asserted that her board was definitely Inter- said he considered the jetted in the proposal cooperation ot both ooardsi'There'i nn doubi abort it." radio communications and alarms systems The company also says tnt usl evidence of good she Mid, "we would gpt replacement its oi and more booki more readily ambulance and 1U39 field aKraJsm und a BCKK! tugury with rfstonalliPd sfrvlrc fire truck may be foreeti on tnt future library la prr it this year because of the Bernards Townnhip. Feruu- genUy ran by the Woman i Increasing work Inad on sun points out, With Its Clnbi there with the borottfh equipment. A letter deliver- larger ptiptilation has a vital paying toi lalarttll for the ed to each residence in the ruli- to play in its annualjlibrarlaBa The libraty is fire (iistrti't also points QBtloperatlfiej coctrlb 11 open from to the need. would be en from 7 to 9 in 'days.

The company spent nearly 63000 i il Th p.m an und in capital tunds for the ndrtltlon The Bernard.ivllle Krldayi 1 lihrnry charged with a $2,951 payroll 1 headquarters and for holdup in Basking Ridge. Iwo-tnick to the board mfinbcrd out pumper. lie 1 the in.my borough and it. gifts from The iiiki qttution tnark n- in.int.. Bemardtvilte (OaoUattexj 09 terms and two to three years on separate charges of armed I robbery and carrying a weapon, respectively.

Charles Williams, 30, House for Poison Control' irri118 of sevcn to tcn Centers says it receives regular reports of wisteria poisonings, symptoms of which include vomiting, nausea, abdominal pain, swelling and diarrhea. The moral, the Greater New York Safety Council points out tastefully, is that "You're lucky if you have a green thumb, but keep it out of your re- Opposition Likely To Come On Pool Fencing Ordinance BASKING It I DOE Her- It took ihMie with the owners," who will ceived a five to sentence on the narda ten-year roubery ipend h.ivc to hundred ordinance to require Pjfle, count and two to three years fencing around on the weapons charge. Hia pooJl will pet terms will also run consecutively. He five currently Township's proposed proposal i a -hair. Si a pi lvull the thai eanot iof Adjustment, (1 that the township contains 1 1 the tuunrd that whole town- robbery in 1962.

The Basking Ridge holdup hearing on AUKUSI 0 by the-, "itterully miles of Township Committee And water" In the PUMlC and the are that Hie Riven und discussion may be lively. (Brook, whleh would not Township Clerk Charles lITl (U fl lht OrdtoaBM took place March 14, 1(1(52, Anothrr letter to IN Township Clerk Charles Anstrdt reported yesterday thut the In front of'tiie' Somerset he had' had be'twem ipeclfles only mm National Bank. A cook at the and 25 calls for Information JWK" poods Wlttlln UQ Lyuns Veterans Administra-jconcrrnlnK the public I tion Hospital was robbed of a bag containing money for payroll checks he hart cashed 25 fellow employees. as well as three letters One ln ls of the letters, printed In last week's Bernardsville Bumbei im jof Valley road, Mllllntjton. ship on "perhaps printed In full in the To The Editor lection, also takes U.stie with the oisllii- nncr road and that In B.

Rebert Hull of 11 I a 11 would betides the rivers, ot private ed, The Rise Of Business In Old Ve alt own Butcher, Baker, Harness A Busy Village Store ll "t1 guilty of In a head-on which three III IV fate Olaf him Richard Birk, $225 35, and 1: driver's license the charge, separate charRe nrn the same Magistrate Vail lk hold for the causing death hllr The maglK- nued Birk 111 pending driving alone on 5 when the on Route 1 otteravlUe road. son and to Birk lil 'y hurt. wh0 werc Birk swayed when he walked, failed to recall being in an accident and said he thought he had been driving on Bloomfield avenue near Montclalr. Bedminster Township Police Chief Vincent Kava- nuugh. one of several officers who questioned Birk at the scene, told the court that, asked what he had been drinking, Birk replied, "too much, too much." Alter the crash, Birk failed a dninkmnetiT test given State had day BY EDWIN S.

SPINNINfi Chairman, Bernardsville Tercentenary Committee John Boylan may possibly lave been the first storekeeper in Vealtown. John S. Adams had a general store lere In 1835, later Adams Son. This was on the site of what is now 27 and 291 Olcott square. Adams sold out to Calvin D.

Smith in 1872 and Smith; old to Frank P. Bowman, but later took the store back with Bowman as his A short time later he with 1 nr.di Police Birk testified that he taken medicine on the of the accident. He said he could recall having three or became the Mayberry again clerk. lormed a partnership Calvin D. McMurtry.

continued as Smith McMurtry. R. A. Mitchell also hari store where the Bocch-io building now stands. When "Cal" was elected tn office and mdvrd ville.

Smith again ihe store and later on built a lareer one on the eorier across the road. death Ql Smith It over by Thomas Q. Mayberry and Benjamin Oetzoff and when they separated, it buil- McMurtry rminty! tn Somer- 1 took over Aiter the wa.s taken four drinks over a four-hour period and that he rcmem- herpd nothing from the time car, were he left a restaurant at Lake ding, now Blumenson. Plekell Store During the eighties Jacob Plckell also kept a Rental hearing Mohawk until he was in a police car after the collision. (Continued on Payc Five) Mil why round are not Inrlud- 1 I hard ry nS a 7i ive hU U) children' Me rlalms that ihould be able privately work out mutual agrceiiienta on whether feniing Is ne- on snfcifio pook of not and that the townahtp shniild not be with mnexiemrj ordinanofs unlrsg they absulutriy nocomrj and all-inclusive.

A ehief proponent oj quired ftoelni la Mrs Robert Of 84 Oottn drive. Basking Ridge, who says that even with QM aere the dangers from nearby unfenred are great She nays that she hesitates lo let her pro-school ehlld out to play Natural pools, she jxiints nut, usually have a sloping bank but if a child falls into UH dr. ml of a swimming pool It doesn't ive a cond rhaiici BBS thai a nearby community opposed such a until child actually did drown Most parents with pn chool children seen to be in favor, she reports Mri Jackson has been wntins (Continued Pate Kn. i TWO in I to fihies In Nok Hockey HKKNARIHVIU.K Dave Richardson of road and Judy Cl.uk i'i in Mine Brook road were the winners in a nok hockey contest, the special event of the week the ClHrcnumt Field recreation program. Jerome D.

Greco. Borough recreation supervisor, snid IN DAYS GONE Ht A photonraph from thr curly IRHO'H, In llir n.lkrUnn of Kdwln Spinning ifMWS thr Smith MrMurtry jpneral ll i mc store, which once stood at Z1M Oleott square, Bernardsvllle, next to what Is now the llernardsvllle Public Library buiWhig. The adjoining U(iys ind house, at No. 30, was the Smith jtl.i titles. in the for.